Thanks for pointing out that video, I missed it. So, there is a depth difference between the two screens. That could be annoying in actual usage.

Ah, another slashvertisement.
It might look good on paper, but maybe not in actual usage. There is probable a depth difference between the two screens due to screen thickness, unless one folds back and/or the other one forward. I can't tell from the picture. Another more obviously issue is the black edge right in the middle of your view. Am I supposed to use my perifial vision or turn my head constantly?

When the library of Alexandria was burned down (or the scrolls used as fuel), most of the ancient world was lost. Is this how we will lose our current world? Through unaccessible electronic bits?

Yeah well, I have seen ball lighting being produced in a demonstration at my university. The problem is that I can't remember the name of the student who did it (it was a master project, if you can believe it), nor do I know if the results are already published. Besides this article, I didn't find anything else. If you want to know more, contact the professor (Kroesen) of this group: http://www.phys.tue.nl/EPG/ He will know for certain. I am not working for this group, although I know the people there.

G.S. Pavia, A.C. Pavao et al, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 048501 (2007)

It will go down right? The budget..
Isn't America broke, compared to the rest of the world?

>And of course, Flanders was dependent on Wallonia in the past, they just have a really short memory now that the economic shoe has shifted.
Thereby ignoring economic studies that show that the flow of money was always greater from Flanders to Wallonia.

No, the Netherlands ain't bad. But why would we exchange an annoying minority in the south with a nice majority in the north. We want independence, so that we can determine our own future.

You wouldn't care if it is only 1 person. Would you care if it is 80% of your village? Would you care if they demand of you to learn chinese, because they don't want to learn Dutch? That is the attitude of the Walloons. You have to adapt to them.

>And Flemish "territorial integrity" ?! Who the _fuck_ are you to decide where your fellow countrymen can reside?
A large part of the country is french speaking, the other part is dutch speaking. When the Flemish move to Wallonia, they adapt and learn French. When the Walloons move to Flanders (mostly in the area around Brussels), they continue to speak French and expect the locals to adapt to them. After a few decades of refusing to adapt and learn the local language, the french speaking population has become the majority. Now they demand that the original Dutch-speaking village should no longer be part of the Flemish territory but part of Brussels. In my opinion, that is annexing. I don't care where they live, but they should have the decency to adapt and learn the local language. Until 50 years or so ago, Dutch was looked upon as the language of peasants and French was the defacto language. The Flemish are embracing their language and culture and taking control of their own future.

Why are you ashamed of Belgium, and which part of it did you leave? Belgium is an annoying entity that should stop existing, yes. But I am most certainly not ashamed from the region I came from. An independent Flanders would be a marvelous place to live in. Of course, if Belgium is doomed and you happen to live in Wallonia, then bad times could be ahead of you. Or you could get a job, instead of living of the welfare provided by the Flemish.

Wat is Belgish? 6 million speak Dutch, 4 million French and 60.000 German. There is nog Belgsch. Belgium is an artificial state.

Correction, Belgium broke off.
The french ruling class of 1831 created Belgium, as an intermediate step to joining France. However, once Belgium was created they liked it so much that they gave up that idea. For the longest of time, the Flemish (majority) has been second class citizens. Their culture and language suppressed. As the Flemish are taking back their culture and rights, the balance of power is shifting towards them. The Walloons have at the same time become the best protected minority in the world. Belgium is experiencing since two years a political crisis, because the Flemish want more regional power. The Walloons want to keep it federal. They are afraid of losing power, influence and especially the yearly money transfers of billons of euros from Flanders to Wallonia. Flanders is one of the richest regions in the world, yet Walloon is a very poor region. In return for the social support, the Walloons spit on our culture and language. They continously threaten the Flemish territorial integrity and refuse to learn Dutch when they settle in Flanders. They are a bunch of arrogant, selfish bastards that threaten the welfare and future of, not only the Flemish people, but the entire Belgium population.

Nearly half of the Flemish population does the same. Belgium will most likely disintegrate sometime this century.

For all I care Belgium can disintegrate. If wallonia wants to join France, so be it. If Eupen want to join Germany, so be it. If both want to stay independent, so be it. I don't care. But Flanders will become an independent republic. It would never join the Netherlands. You would have to pry Brussel from our cold dead hands, before we would let it join Wallonia. Or it could go to the EU as the DC capital of europe, which is also fine. Fighting over Brussel costs too much money, and we are a peaceful people anyway. But sending billions of euros to wallonia, while they spit on our culture and threaten our territorial integrity, has to stop. Bonus point if you guess which side I am from.